1 • Public debate for U.S. Senate despite no public vote • Lincoln argued slavery should not be expanded into new territories o Believed it was a national issue • Douglas favored letting the territories decide on slavery o Believed it was a state to state issue • Douglas won reelection yet Lincoln became a national figure and rising star in the G.O.P. "A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the union to be dissolved, I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all of the other.” - 1 st Senate campaign speech given by Lincoln Lincoln-Douglas Debates
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